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Title: think my Duck-san 29" just died?
Post by: mh12 on June 10, 2010, 10:30:20 pm

i think the monitor grantspain helped me ID here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=87135.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=87135.0)

just died! the picture went fuzzy and i started hearing, i guess, static, and i shut off the power bar. trying an hour later, the monitor doesn't power up at all. and there's a strange smell lingering in the room, so i opened up all the windows..

is there any way to save this or is it dead? i have no idea where i'd find a replacement. but at least i'm in Toronto now (and this didn't happen after i move to a smaller place in a few months)
 :badmood:

Title: Re: think my Duck-san 29" just died?
Post by: grantspain on June 11, 2010, 07:12:14 am

sounds like the flyback is toast
if you have access to a inductance meter you can check the inductance and impedence of the yoke and then match a replacement chassis

Title: Re: think my Duck-san 29" just died?
Post by: mh12 on June 11, 2010, 07:58:03 am

thanks again, grant. but i'm pretty clueless with this stuff. time to start seeing who in the area could help out with this.



ETA: by the way, is it OK to use my LCD computer monitor until I fix this CRT/get a new one? My *only* video card is the ArcadeVGA - can that do any damage to a normal PC monitor?

Title: Re: think my Duck-san 29" just died?
Post by: grantspain on June 11, 2010, 12:00:36 pm

any monitor will work,your ducksan is vga so any lcd or pc monitor will work without issue
the only times you can issues is when you feed vga/svga into a cga monitor-sometimes the HOT fries